of the Fishery Board for Scotland. vii 



Is is here that the effect of the war on the Scottish herring fishing 

 is most strikingly manifested. The outbreak of hostilities also 

 interfered with the prosecution of the herring fishing in England 

 with the result that only 125 Scottish boats engaged in the English 

 herring fishing during 1914, instead of 1163 in 1913 ; and added only 

 112,068 cwts. to the total of the fish landed in England as compared 

 with 2,488,183 cwts. in 1913. 



These figm'es are not included in the statistics already given of the 

 Scottish fisheries. Though the fish are landed by Scottish boats the 

 returns are included in the fishery statistics of the particular country 

 in which the fish are landed. 



Cured Herrings Exported. 



The total export of cured herrings for 1914 was 1,057,188 barrels. 

 The principal market has hitherto been the Continent of Europe. 

 The greater part of the export went to the two countries of Germany 

 and Russia. The following is the rate of export to each since 1900 : — 



Year. 



To Germany.* 



To Russia. 





Barrels. 



Barrels. 



1900 , 



769,126 



172,462 



1901 . 



998,240 



233,129 



1902 . 



. 1,049,502 



292,987 



1903 . 



794,711 



303,202 



1904 . 



. 1,095,683 



384,443 



1905 



. 1,057,315 



430,554 



1906 . 



. 1,025,886 



424,200 



1907 . 



. 1,186,100 



627,100 



1908 . 



. 1,001,645 



616,497 



1909 . 



786,682 



574,307 



1910 . 



982,361 



732,345 



1911 . 



794,219 



655,814 



1912 . 



719,013 



750,187 



1913 . 



672,701 



619,680 



1914 . 



353,323 



493,039 



* From 40 to 50 per cent, of the total quantity of herrings exported to Germany 

 is, in normal circumstances, sent over the frontier to Russia. 



2. WHITE FISH FISHING. 



After the herring fishery, the next most important branch of the 

 industry in Scotland is the white-fish fishing. This fishing is carried 

 on by means of three classes of vessels and three methods of fishing — 

 the vessels differentiated by their methods of propulsion (steam, motor, 

 or sails and oars), and the methods of fishing, whether by trawls 



